ESS2.4 Plate Movements TCAP Review

What topographic feature's formation is associated with the separation of North and South America from Europe and Africa?

• deep-sea trench

• continental mountain range

• mid-ocean ridge

• plateau

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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A student writes down some possible properties of different layers of Earth. Which layer(s) is (are) matched with the correct properties?

• Asthenosphere only

• Continental crust only

• Asthenosphere and lithosphere

• Continental crust and oceanic crust

Geologists have discovered that the sea floor of the Atlantic Ocean is growing wider at a rate of about 2 to 3 cm per year. Which type of tectonic force is responsible for this expansion?

• Two oceanic plates are being forced apart allowing magma to pass between the plates.

• Two continental plates are being forced apart creating a rift valley.

• An oceanic plate is colliding with a continental plate, and the continental plate sinks toward the mantle.

• A continental plate is colliding with an oceanic plate, and the oceanic plate sinks toward the mantle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

There are three basic types of plate boundaries. What process is occurring at the area labeled X, and what type of boundary is shown here?

• This is convection at a convergent boundary.

• This is convection at a divergent boundary.

• This is subduction at a convergent boundary.

• This is subduction at a divergent boundary.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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The image shows Earth’s lithosphere and asthenosphere with several individual layers labeled. Which layer(s) make(s) up the lithosphere?

• layer 1 only

• layer 3 only

• layers 1 and 2

• layers 3 and 4

How does faulting and folding on Earth’s surface most likely occur?

• Movement of the asthenosphere causes the movement of the lithosphere.

• Movement of the lithosphere causes the movement of the asthenosphere.

• Movement of the mantle causes the movement of the outer core.

• Movement of the inner core causes the movement of the outer core.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of plate boundary is shown?

• oceanic-oceanic divergent plate boundary

• oceanic-continental convergent plate boundary

• continental-continental divergent plate boundary

• continental-continental convergent plate boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which layer of Earth causes the movements of tectonic plates?

• crust

• inner core

• mantle

• outer core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What can be inferred about the tectonic plates?

• All plates moved in one direction, creating new oceans.

• Some plates moved at a fast rate, and the rest remained in the same place.

• Some plates moved to reshape the continents, and the rest remained in the same place.

• Plates collided and spread apart, changing the shape of the continents.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A student makes a model to show two continental plates at a convergent boundary by first breaking a clay block into two pieces. He then pushes the two pieces against one another with constant force, as shown in stages 1 and 2. The student concludes that mountains are formed when two continental plates collide at a convergent boundary. Which statement best supports the student’s conclusion?

• Both halves of the block are equal in dimensions.

• The texture of the block resembles continental crust.

• The fault line in stage 1 is vertical, and this is descriptive of all continental boundaries.

• Both stages 1 and 2 have the same densities, and one plate cannot sink under the other.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2